Hit-Boy keeps it in the family with the fourth installment of his Tony Fontana song series, which arrives with its music video. With ThirdEyeRaz back behind the lens, the father-and-son duo are stacking bread and packing up kilos for their introspective collabo. “Last night I woke up in the middle of night / Had a […]
Rap Radar Podcast: Tyler, The Creator
New season! Photos: Kenya Frank Tyler, The Creator stands by his product. So much in fact that two years after releasing his Grammy Award winning album, Call Me If You Get Lost, he repackaged it as The Estate Sale. But Tyler music isn’t the only thing on Tyler’s plate. He’s opened the market up to […]
Tupac Gets Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star
Even Hollywood trying to get a piece, baby. Photo: Chris Pizzello After nearly three years since his untimely demise, rap legend and actor Tupac Shakur posthumously received his star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. On Wednesday (Jun. 8), family and friends of 2Pac gathered on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California for […]
Vampire Weekend Announce Vinyl-Only Live Album Series
Vampire Weekend have announced a vinyl-only live album series. The first edition of this series, Frog On The Bass Drum Vol. 01 Live In Indianapolis, went on sale today and is already sold out of its 2,500 copy run. It’s made up of recordings from the band’s June 2019 show in Indianapolis, and includes their […]
The Nerves’ Jack Lee Dead At 71
The California musician Jack Lee died last month at 71 from colon cancer, as Pitchfork reports. Lee was the leader of the ’70s power-pop trio the Nerves, and songs he wrote would go on to be covered by Blondie, Paul Young, and Suzi Quatro. Lee formed the Nerves in 1974 while living in San Francisco, […]
Video: Juice WRLD “Glo’d Up”
Happy Anniversary. Juice WRLD’s life goes on in his new music video, “Glo’d Up”. Courtesy of Grade A Films, the visual depicts a younger version of the late rapper at his alma mater, Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School. The clip soon shows his fruits of labor with a lavish crib full of plaques before the rapper […]
Sunbather Turns 10
“Nature Boy” is not only a landmark for being Nat King Cole’s first crossover hit to reach white audiences in America. It also presented this country with the idea of the hippie. Cole got the song from eden ahbez, an American orphan who worked at a health food store in Los Angeles, who’d learned of […]
Lunice – “Last Time” (Feat. Zach Zoya)
The Canadian producer Lunice spent the past few years reviving his TNGHT project with Hudson Mohawke, but he’s preparing to release his second full-length solo album, Open, which he introduced a few weeks back with the propulsive “No Commas.” Today, Lunice is sharing another single from the album, the Zach Zoya-featuring “Last Time.” “I met […]
Glasser – “Vine”
Glasser, the electronic project led by Cameron Mesirow, has announced her first official album in a decade — and her third overall. Following 2013’s Interiors, 2018’s Sextape, and last year’s one-off “New Scars,” crux will be out in October. Along with today’s announcement, Glasser is sharing a lead single, “Vine.” “I wanted to create something […]
PJ Harvey – “I Inside The Old I Dying”
In April, PJ Harvey announced her first new album since 2016’s The Hope Six Demolition Project. The excellently titled I Inside The Old Year Dying will be out next month via Partisan, and we’ve already written about its lead single, “A Child’s Question, August.” Today, Polly Jean Harvey is sharing “I Inside The Old I […]